Article of jewelry



Julie 15, 1931. H. w. PETERS 1,810,291

ARTICLE OF JEWELRY Filed Jan. 7, 1929 i7 20 667 awe/14M 3 I I I O abhor/ego.

v isat entecl June 16; "1 931 1 UNITED? stares PATENT I L Q HENRY w. rnrnns or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, -ASSIGNOR' To w. rnrnnsco. 1N0, or BOSTON, messaonusnrrs ARTICLE OF JEWELRY Application filed January 7, 1929. Se1ia1 No."330,904.

This invention relates to articles of jewelry such as lin er rings, bracelets, scarf pins, etc, the primary object being to provide simple and efficient means whereby stones and other settings may be held securely in the bezels so that they cannot be removed without mutilating the ar icle.

A further object is to provide fastening means made integral with the ring or other article of jewelry, the same being invisible while the setting is in position. I

W ith the foregoing and other objects'in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in. the coinbination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understoodv that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed maybe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said. drawings,

Figure l is a face View of a finger ring embodying the present improvements.

Figure 2 is a. plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a. perspective View of the stone "et rg used with the ring.

Figure 4 a. section on line l4, Fig are 2. v p

Figurefi is a- 500131011 through a portion of the ringshowing the relative positions of the arts before the settin has been secured P I z:

in place.

Figure 6 is a section through a portion of a ring having a modified means for holding the setting in position, a portion of the metal of the ring being shown by brokenlines in the position in which it is formed before the metal is displaced to hold the setting to the ring. V

Figure '4' is a side elevation of the ring showing a modified arrangement. I

Figure 8 is a perspective "Lew of the setting used with thering shown in Figure 7.

Figure ,9 is a. plan view ofa portion of a bracelet in which the stones or other settings are assembled by means. of; another modification of the inven'tion.

Figure 10 is a section online 1010, Figure 9.

Referringto the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the hoop or bandof, a finger ring provided with a bezel Qin the formof a boX into which a stone or other setting 4 ofany desired contour is adapted to i be inserted. This setting can be inserted downwardly intothe bezel or can be inserted laterally. In any case portions of two opposed faces of the bezel must be in'contact" with the adjacent opposed sidesof the setting 4. In these opposed faces of the setting 4 are formed one or more recesses 5. In the structure illustrated inFigures 1 to 5 inclusive, the setting l after being inserted into the recess provided therefor is held in place by using a punch or other suitable implement for forcing metal inwardly from, the outer faces of the bezel 2 so as to produce inwardly extending nodes ,6 that will enter the recesses 5 and thus prevent the setting 4.- from being withdrawn from its seat. The end of the, punch'orother tool used for this purpose can beso designed that, when the metal is pressed inwardly thereby, an ornamental depression will be left on the outer surface. This .depression has been indicated at 7. If preferred, however, and as shown in'Figure 6,

the bezel, when originally produced, can be formed with outwardly extending nodes 8 at points where the metal is to be displaced in wardly. Thus, after the setting9 has been inserted intothe recess 10 provided therefor in the bezel, this outwardly projecting portion-ofthe metal can be punched inwardly to form a node 11 which will enter the recess 12 provided in the side of the setting. 7 This action will result in flattening or substantially flattening the outer surface of the bezel and by dressing down the same all evidence of the-displacement of metal can be elim: inated." i

' Instead of providing a single recess in each of two sides of a setting, two or more recesses arrangement is provided the metal must, of 10,0

course,be displaced opposite each of the depressions as indicated for example at 15 in Figure 7. This displacement can result in the formation of ornamental depressions or 5 protuberances or it can result in the flattening out of nodes formed on the outer surface of the bezel as shown for example in Figure 6 and already explained.

Another means whereby the setting can be held in the recess provided therefor has been illustrated in Figures 9 and 10. In this modified structure the bezel 16, which constitutes a link of a bracelet, has a seat 17 into which a stone 18 or other setting can be slid 15 laterally. In the bottom of the setting 18 may be formed: one or more: depressions or recesses 19 and after the setting has been brought to proper position, a portion of the metal forming the bottom ofthe bezel can be punched or displaced inwardly toproduce a node 20 which will: extend into the depression 19 and thus hold the setting against withdrawal. While this modified form of the invention has been shown applied to a bracelet it is to be understood that it can also housed in connection with finger rings All of the means disclosed for holding the settings in place can be utilized in different kinds of jewelry other than those illustrated. a What is claimed is:

I. An article of jewelry including a box having twoopen faces and fiat inner walls free from depressions, a setting insertible into the box through one open face for exposure of its outer surface through the other open face and for snug'engagement with the flat inner surfaces of the box, said settinghaving a recess in one edge openingthrough one surface of the setting, that portion of r the surface containing the recess being concealed by the box, and means integral* with the box for displacement inwardly into engiagement with the cut-away portion of the setting, thereby to hold the setting against withdrawal from the box.

2. 'An article of jewelry including a box having twoopen faces and fiat inner walls free from depressions, arelatively thin setting inserti-ble into the box through one open face for exposing a surface of the setting through the other open face, there being a depression in one edge of the setting opening through a surface of the setting but concealed' by the box, and means integral with the boxv for displacement inwardly into the depression in. the setting to hold the settingagainst withdrawal from the box.

Invtestimony: that I claim the foregoing asmy, own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature,

0. HENRY W. PETERS. 

